Event Round-up: techUK's December Health and Social Care SME Forum

By Martin Thomas, Head of Strategy at Orthopaedic Research UK and co-founder of the Joint Venture MSK Innovation Network

Angus Honeysett, Market Development Director at Tunstall, has been re-elected as Chair of techUK's Social Care Working Group (SCWG). The Group brings together techUK industry members, commissioners, local authorities and national bodies from across social care to examine the challenges the sector faces and how technology can deliver better outcomes for people, providers and the wider health and care system. Here, Angus explains how the Group works in practice and where it’s focusing next.

By Danny Weston, Client Partner, NEC Digital Studio

Tamara Everington, Chief Medical Officer QVH discusses the power of super users in digital transformation. She considers when NHS organisations reflect on successful EPR implementations, the story often focuses on systems, suppliers and timelines. At QVH, the decisive factor was people. A strong network of clinical champions and super users helped translate a major digital transformation project into confident, safe, day‑to‑day clinical practice.